Human traffickers “invest in desperation, we invest in opportunities,” the Italian PM said. The initial €5.5 billion is just the beginning of Rome’s “Mattei plan.”
The unconfirmed reports in the Russian press claim that MI6 is training 100 Ukrainian operatives to deploy as Britain looks to curtail Russia’s growing dominance in Africa.
The Italian prime minister has softened her anti-immigration rhetoric considerably in recent months, even stating that “both Europe and Italy need immigration.”
Despite being lauded in Europe as essential to the green transition, new EU carbon tariffs have evoked considerable anger in the Global South and stirred fears that the tariffs will destroy national steel industries and direct more countries into the arms of China.
The change comes just as the Belarussian government loosened restrictions on non-European migrations coming into the country who could cross into Poland.
